Volume 60 Number 1

Table of Contents

Research Papers

Physiological factors affecting maize (Zea mays L.) yields under tropical and temperate conditions
Nyanguila Muleba, Tom G. Hart, Gary M. Paulsen
Effect of bed type and mulching on the wet season production of cabbage (Brassica oleracea)
Joy K. Tumuhairwe, Frank A. Gumbs
Agronomic assessment of the relative suitability of the banana cultivars 'Robusta' and 'Giant Cavendish' (Williams hybrid) to irrigation
Gordon D. Holder, Frank A. Gumbs
Effects of irrigation on the growth and yield of banana
Gordon D. Holder, Frank A. Gumbs
Cause and development of blackheart in pineapples
Lyndall G. Smith
Short-term storage of high-moisture rice in sealed containers
Ron B.H. Wills, Sukarti Moeljopawiro, Linda Moore, Kevin J. Scott
Chemical analysis of seven nutrient elements in some sugar-cane products and by-products
Ivan Chang-Yen, Persad L. Bodoe, Reza Mohammed
Nutritive value of the parasitic weed Striga hermontheca
Faiz F. Bebawi, Gaafar A. El Hag
Nitrogen concentration in the major grasses of the Derived and Guinea savanna zones of Nigeria in relation to season and site
Augustine O. lsichei
Erosion-active surfaces on a pediment slope
Rowland O. Oyegun
Evaluation of three NRDC pyrethroids against the sugar-cane froghopper Aeneolamia varia saccharina (Dist.) (Cercopidae) in Trinidad
Tyrone J. Gopee

Research Notes

Note on a banana fruit-scarring beetle, Lachnopus sp., in Dominica, West Indies
Everton Ambrose
Note on the effects of body weight and lambing interval on the reproductive performance of West African sheep raised under tree crops
Francis H.K. Asiedu, Margaret Appiah
Yield and quality of five major Macadamia cultivars in Hawaii
P.J. Ito, R.A. Hamilton, H.H. Hirae

Book Review

BOOK REVIEW By N. Ahmad - Characterisation of soils in relation to their classification and management for crop production: examples from some areas of the humid tropics
D.J. Greenland
BOOK REVIEW By A.R. Melville - Agricultural research. Sector policy paper.
World Bank
BOOK REVIEW By F.W. Cope - Index phytosanitaire, 1982, Produits insecticides, fongicides, herbicides,…
ACTA
BOOK REVIEW By J. Vicente-Chandler - Environmental adaptation of tropical pasture plants
L.R. Humphreys
BOOK REVIEW By C.C. Webster - Handbook of natural rubber production in India
P.N. Radhakrishna Pillay
BOOK REVIEW By J.N. Topps - Cattle, economics and development
Raymond Crotty
BOOK REVIEW By F.E. Davis - Veld and Pasture Management in South Africa
N.M. Tainton
BOOK REVIEW By J.D. MacArthur - Economics of African Agriculture
J. Levi, M. Havinden
BOOK REVIEW By J.D. MacArthur - Investment projects in agriculture
McDonald P. Benjamin
BOOK REVIEW By R.W. Radley - Biomass as fuel
L.P. White, L.G. Plaskett